diff --git a/src/eldap.erl b/src/eldap.erl
index 3a9d8974c..dc360a866 100644
--- a/src/eldap.erl
+++ b/src/eldap.erl
@@ -605,9 +605,9 @@ init([Hosts, Port, Rootdn, Passwd, Opts]) ->
 				  []),
 		     CertOpts;
 		 Verify == soft ->
-		     [{verify, verify_peer}, {fail_if_no_peer_cert, false}] ++ CertOpts ++ CacertOpts ++ DepthOpts;
+		     [{verify, verify_none}] ++ CertOpts ++ CacertOpts ++ DepthOpts;
 		 Verify == hard ->
-		     [{verify, verify_peer}, {fail_if_no_peer_cert, true}] ++ CertOpts ++ CacertOpts ++ DepthOpts;
+		     [{verify, verify_peer}] ++ CertOpts ++ CacertOpts ++ DepthOpts;
 		 true -> []
 	      end,
     {ok, connecting,